Sequencing the DNA of a woolly mammoth frozen in permafrost and the shortly to be published genome of the Neanderthal is exciting – and very popular – science. And while Australia doesn’t have the right geological history for momentous work like this, we do have the ability to solve some interesting local questions, such as what wiped out our megafauna. [ + ]

A man travelling to the United States was detained by immigration officials for four hours before they allowed him to enter because one of his cancer drugs caused his fingerprints to disappear. [ + ]

Possible avenue for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia [ + ]

Artificial polymer can inhibit abnormal protein behaviour that leads to Parkinson's [ + ]

After 1 June, Molecular Devices products (previously supplied by MDS Analytical Technologies) will be supplied, serviced and supported by Bio-Strategy in both Australia and New Zealand.

Yeast missing sex genes still undergo sexual reproduction [ + ]

$28.7 million collaboration promises further stem cell research [ + ]

CSL, ResMed, Cochlear, Ramsay, Ansell [ + ]

The Cancer Institute NSW Premier's Award for Outstanding Cancer Researcher [ + ]

A massive triplet repeat expansion found in a wild strain of Arabidopsis thaliana could prove a very useful, and genetically tractable, model to study aspects of trinucleotide repeat disorders. [ + ]

Australian researchers led by Dr Paul Verma have created their own induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells). [ + ]

A $3.1 billion boost in funding over the next four years has been promised to facilitate the government's latest innovation agenda.

University of Adelaide researchers are developing a world-first genetic test that can predict which pregnancies are at risk of complications long before symptoms arise.

Analysis of human hair at a crime scene may be possible with a portable technique adapted by Queensland University of Technology researcher Sarina Brandes.

Starpharma signs deal with Eli Lilly’s animal health division [ + ]